Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 1, 2011, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2011, 5:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1128 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  WESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ABILENE...
  CARLTON...
  CHAPMAN...
  CLAY CENTER...
  ENTERPRISE...
  HOPE...
  IDANA...
  JUNCTION CITY...
  LEONARDVILLE...
  LONGFORD...
  MANCHESTER...
  MILFORD...
  MOONLIGHT...
  OAK HILL...
  RANDOLPH...
  RILEY...
  SOLOMON...
  TALMAGE...
  WAKEFIELD...


THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 299.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

AS THE NEXT BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9737 3941 9694 3957 9692 3957 9660
      3861 9694 3861 9738

$$

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
133 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

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RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-MORRIS-CLAY-DICKINSON-GEARY-
133 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN GEARY...DICKINSON...SOUTHERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...
WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE AND WESTERN RILEY COUNTIES...

AT 125 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 24 HAD SEVERAL 
REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...WITH SOME RURAL COUNTY 
ROADS REPORTING WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABILENE...CARLTON...CHAPMAN...CLAY CENTER...ENTERPRISE...HERINGTON...
HOPE...IDANA...JUNCTION CITY...LEONARDVILLE...LONGFORD...
MANCHESTER...MILFORD...MOONLIGHT...OAK HILL...RANDOLPH...RILEY...
SOLOMON...TALMAGE...WAKEFIELD...WOODBINE AND MILFORD LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 299.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9737 3941 9694 3957 9692 3957 9660
      3861 9694 3861 9738

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.